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Table 1. Estimated number of cases of silicosis attributed to artificial stone by country and type of report, as of December 2025.
Region / Country No. Type of Report
Americas Canada 22 Personal communication *
United States ** |
532 |
Surveillance system, case reports, case series, 119, 150 – 156 personal |
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communication * |
Europe / Middle East Belgium 6 Case reports157, 158 Israel 730 Registry, administrative health services data, personal communication * Italy 34 Screening programs, case reports83, 106, 159, 160 Spain 2,993 Administrative claims data, 19, 137 personal communication * Turkey 33 Case series, 3 personal communication * United Kingdom 44 Case series, 6 surveillance system, personal communication *
Asia / Pacific Australia 987 Screening programs, administrative claims data20, 81, 82, 161 – 165 China 902 Case series, cohort studies7, 121, 166 New Zealand 26 Administrative claims data 167 Taiwan 42 Screening programs, surveillance system, 168, 169 personal communication * Total 6,351
* Canada: Christopher Carlsten, Tom Lim, and Susan Tarlo; Israel: Elizabeth Fireman and Einat Fireman Klein; Spain: Alfredo Menéndez-Navarro; Taiwan: Y. Leon Guo and Chi-Hsien Chen; Turkey: Ozlem Kar Kurt and Nur Toreyin; United Kingdom: Martie Van Tongeren; United States: Jeremy Hua, Simran Kenth, Cecile Rose, and Carolyn Reeb-Whitaker
** Includes cases from 10 states: California( n = 473), Colorado( n = 40), Texas( n = 5), Washington( n = 5), Illinois( n = 3), Wisconsin( n = 2), Florida( n = 1), Massachusetts( n = 1), New Mexico( n = 1), and New York( n = 1).
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